Sentence examples for mean wit from inspiring English sources

Like his criticism, which is among the finest of any contemporary writer uncollected between hard covers, Kirn's fiction is marked by mean wit, sharp prose and clever insights into American folly.

The mean WIT was 17.8 minutes, operative time was 151 minutes and estimated blood loss was 171.1 ml.

It lacks wit, and by that I don't mean humor — I mean prickly, penetrating sentences, texture and insight.

But some scholars say it's not such a big leap from Austen's mean-girl wit to real violence.

One of my most vivid courtroom experiences has been sitting in the Old Bailey on a Monday morning and watching the large pool of potential jurors whittled down to the proportion who arrive without the means or wit to escape jury service.

Alex Summers, who is co-director along with Polly Thomas, described Smith's story as a battle of means and wits between the Ivory Coast farmer and the Western commodity trader.

I have little experience in the kitchen, but I do know how to make a mean scrambled eggs wit' toast.

Well what does that mean, hostile policy?" Wit, who has also spoken to the North Koreans as part of unofficial negotiations, explains that "hostility" means the general posture of the U.S. to North Korea in every regard from the political, security and economic.

This is a world, remember, in which the word "wit" means "sexual organs" and "matter" means "semen".

"Whiz wit" means you want a cheesesteak slathered in Cheez Wiz and topped with diced onions; "whiz widdout" means you want Cheez Whiz but not the onions; provolone is "provi"; peppers are "peps".

Unbearably garrulous is "sociable" or the dread "ebullient"; "lively wit" means a penchant for telling cruel and unfunny stories.